🌷Madeleine Weber.
💻In-House Counsel@Sitetracker.
📚 SQE2 Materials @ inhousew.com
The SQE2 oral assessment mistakes that don’t get talked about enough.
Save this before your orals. 💛
15/06/2026
The contract clauses I focus on most as an in-house SaaS lawyer — specifically when reviewing customer contracts where we're the supplier.
Liability. Super caps. Indemnities. Warranties.
The common thread across all four: proportionality and scope. Anything outside your control, anything uncapped, anything where the remedy is disproportionate to the breach — those are the things that quietly create real commercial exposure.
(And yes — termination for convenience by the customer is almost always a no.)
In-house SaaS lawyers — what would you add to this list? 👇
The candidates who pass SQE2 confidently don’t all do the same things — but they do all do these three:
Active recall of the FLK — not re-reading, not highlighting. Actual retrieval.Consistent mock practice — timed, reviewed, repeated.Structures memorised cold for every assessment type — automatic on exam day.
Not theory. Not “tips.” The actual habits I see again and again in the people who come out the other side smiling.
If your prep doesn’t include all three — that’s the gap. Save this and use it.
11/06/2026
A training contract isn't the only route into law — and the alternatives don't get talked about enough.
SQE + in-house QWE.
CILEx via transitional arrangements (especially if you've already done the LPC).
I qualified via a non-traditional route myself. New York Bar, then QLTS MCT, then SQE2. It worked. It still works.
If you're early in your journey — save this. 💛
Built the contract management system. Hosted a training session. Pinned the link. Sent the announcement. Still being asked which email contains the contract. 😌
This is a humorous take on a common in-house legal situation — not real life. No need to comment on what I say or how I speak 😊
09/06/2026
The two SQE2 prep mistakes that waste the most time aren't about knowledge. They're about avoidance.
Reviewing notes feels like revision. Active recall feels like exposure. Mocks before you "feel ready" feel premature.
But the candidates who pass confidently are the ones who do the uncomfortable thing earlier than they think they should.
Save this and change one thing about your prep this week.
The flexibility is one-directional. 😌
This is a humorous take on a corporate situation that sadly does happen but is not a documentary of real life. No need to comment on what I say or how I speak 😊
05/06/2026
The honest version of in-house life — 3 pros and 3 cons from someone who's been doing this her whole career.
I love the variety, the drafting, and the ad hoc work that genuinely makes you think. I find the unexplainable policies, the politics, and the competing priorities harder — and probably always will.
Both can be true at the same time. That's just the job.
Save this if you're thinking about going in-house — or if you're already here and nodding along 💛
Some people communicate. Some people CC the CEO. 😌
This is a humorous take on a common in-house legal situation — not real life. No need to comment on what I say or how I speak 😊
03/06/2026
I see the same three mistakes again and again at 6 weeks out from SQE2.
They're not about knowledge gaps. They're about how candidates are — or aren't — practising. Reviewing instead of doing. Mocking without learning. Re-reading instead of actively recalling.
If any of this sounds familiar — that's actually good news. None of it is a knowledge issue. All of it is fixable in 6 weeks if you change how you're using your time.
Save this and use it. Link in bio if the Advantage Package would help.
